File:Pierre-Jean David d'Angers - Georges Couthon (1755-94) - Walters 59796.jpg

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David d'Angers: Georges Couthon (1755-94)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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David d'Angers  (1788–1856)  wikidata:Q364498
 
David d'Angers
Alternative names
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, Pierre-Jean David, David d'Angers
Description French sculptor, politician, medalist and illustrator
Date of birth/death 12 March 1788 Edit this at Wikidata 5 January 1856
Location of birth/death Angers, France Paris, France
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artist QS:P170,Q364498
Title
Georges Couthon (1755-94)
Description
English: Couthon was originally a supporter of a constitutional monarchy for France, but he became associated with Maximilien Robespierre and was named president of the Convention in 1793. Together with Robespierre he introduced the Reign of Terror. Couthon was guillotined in 1794. The inscription reads in translation, "Couthon: God and the law, virtue, and probity are the order of the day, [there can be] no Republic without morals, without patriotism, [and] without Virtue."
Date 19th century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium bronze
medium QS:P186,Q34095
Dimensions Approx. Diam: 13.9 cm (5.5 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
59.796
Place of creation France
Object history
  • William A. McCarty-Cooper
  • Christie's, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Joseph G. Reinis, New York, January 22, 1992, by purchase
  • 2006: given to Walters Art Museum
Credit line Gift of Joseph G. Reinis, 2006
Inscriptions [Transcription] Couthon, Dieu et la loi, la vertu et la probité à l'orde du jour, point de République sans moeurs sans patriotisme sans Vertu; [Mark] On reverse, of Eck et Durand; [Stamp] On reverse: 125
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